UCI MTB World Cup XCO #6 & DHI #7 2016: Elite Men XC Results

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Final World Cup podium: Victor Koretzky, Nino Schurter, Julien Abalone, Maxime Marotte, Mathias Fluckiger(Image credit: Tour of Japan)

Julien Absalon (BMC) came back from a disappointing Olympics to win his 33rd World Cup and take the seventh World Cup overall title of his career on Sunday, at the World Cup final in Andorra.

Carlos Coloma (MMR Factory) led out of the start loop, but was soon supplanted by Ondrej Cink (Multivan Merida), closely followed by Absalon and Olympic champion Nino Schurter (Scott Odlo). Absalon and Schurter made their way up to Cink by the fourth lap, but Schurter suffered a slow leak and was dropped when Absalon attacked. By the end of the fifth lap Absalon had 17 seconds on Cink, and increased that to 43 seconds by the finish line. Pablo Rodriguez (MMR Factory) took third in a sprint with Maxime Marotte (BH-SR Suntour-KMC).

"After the Olympics I was really disappointed," said Absalon, "so the first goal was to win the overall and then the race today. My legs were perfect, and I was really motivated to do a good race, so the plan was to stay with Nino at the beginning of the race and after to attack him at the end. The fast pace at the start was a surprise, because here you don't want to go over the limit, because it is really high [altitude], but I was always in a good rhythm."

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Julien Absalon (Fra) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	1:26:08
2	Ondrej Cink (Cze) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:00:43
3	Pablo Rodriguez Guede (Spa) MMR Factory Racing Team	0:00:55
4	Maxime Marotte (Fra) BH-SR Suntour-KMC	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Stephane Tempier (Fra) Bianchi Countervail	0:01:04
6	Martin Fanger (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:01:16
7	Manuel Fumic (Ger) Cannondale Factory Racing XC	0:01:30
8	Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) Cannondale Factory Racing XC	0:01:48
9	Thomas Litscher (Swi) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:02:02
10	Jordan Sarrou (Fra) BH-SR Suntour-KMC	0:02:18
11	Lukas Fluckiger (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:02:26
12	Jose Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spa) Multivan Merida Biking Team	0:02:35
13	Nino Schurter (Swi) Scott-Odlo MTB Racing Team	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Mathias Fluckiger (Swi) Stöckli Pro Team	0:02:45
15	Florian Vogel (Swi) Focus XC Team	0:02:52
16	Fabian Giger (Swi) Kross Racing Team	0:02:54
17	Anton Sintsov (Rus) JBG - 2 Professional MTB Team	0:02:56
18	David Valero Serrano (Spa) MMR Factory Racing Team	0:02:57
19	Reto Indergand (Swi) BMC Mountainbike Racing Team	0:03:11
20	Daniel McConnell (Aus) Trek Factory Racing XC	0:03:28
21	Matthias Stirnemann (Swi) Moebel Maerki MTB Pro Team	0:03:33
22	Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spa) MMR Factory Racing Team	0:03:35
23	Hugo Drechou (Fra) Calvisson VTT	0:04:09
24	Victor Koretzky (Fra) BH-SR Suntour-KMC	0:04:20
25	Jan Skarnitzl (Cze) SRAM Mitas Trek	0:04:36
26	Luca Braidot (Ita)	0:04:54
27	Ruben Scheire (Bel) Habitat Mountainbike Team	0:05:05
28	Andrea Tiberi (Ita) FRM Factory Racing Team	Row 27 - Cell 2
29	Gerhard Kerschbaumer (Ita) Bianchi Countervail	0:05:12
30	Jens Schuermans (Bel) Versluys Team	0:05:29
31	Didier Bats (Bel)	0:05:38
32	Miguel Martinez (Fra)	0:05:50
33	Karl Markt (Aut) Haibike Oetztal Pro Team	0:05:55
34	Kohei Yamamoto (Jpn) Trek Factory Racing XC	0:05:59
35	Markus Schulte-Luenzum (Ger) Focus XC Team	0:06:28
36	Andras Parti (Hun) Waberer's Evopro MTB Team	0:06:39
37	Daniele Braidot (Ita)	0:06:57
38	Michiel Van Der Heijden (Ned) Scott-Odlo MTB Racing Team	0:07:03
39	Sergio Mantecon Gutierrez (Spa) Trek Factory Racing XC	0:07:18
40	Bartlomiej Wawak (Pol) Kross Racing Team	0:07:28
41	Gregor Raggl (Aut) Haibike Oetztal Pro Team	0:07:43
42	Christian Pfaffle (Ger)	0:07:47
43	Shlomi Haimy (Isr) Novus OMX Pro Team	0:07:54
44	Florian Chenaux (Swi)	0:08:01
45	Martin Gluth (Ger) Novus OMX Pro Team	0:08:17
46	Catriel Andres Soto (Arg) MMR Factory Racing Team	0:08:37
47	Mario Luis Miranda Costa (Por)	0:08:49
48	Bart De Vocht (Bel) Versluys Team	0:08:55
49	Nicola Rohrbach (Swi)	0:08:57
50	Sebastien Carabin (Bel) Merida Wallonie MTB Team	0:09:01
51	Mirko Tabacchi (Ita)	0:10:37
52	Emilien Barben (Swi)	0:10:54
53	Michael Stunzi (Swi)	- 1 lap
54	Fabian Paumann (Swi) Wheeler Pro Team	Row 53 - Cell 2
55	Martin Gujan (Swi) Wheeler Pro Team	Row 54 - Cell 2
56	Daniel Eymann (Swi) Fischer-BMC	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Andrew L'Esperance (Can)	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Pierre-Geoffroy Plantet (Fra) Btwin MTB Racing Team	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Edoardo Bonetto (Ita) Sixs Devinci Pro Team	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Ivan Diaz (Spa)	Row 59 - Cell 2
61	Ramon Sagues Portabella (Spa)	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Emil Lindgren (Swe) Serneke Allebike MTB Team	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Mario Sinues Mico (Spa)	- 2 laps
64	Benoit Igoulen (Fra) Look - Beaumes De Venise	Row 63 - Cell 2
65	Zdenek Vobecky (Cze)	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Simon Gegenheimer (Ger) Rose Vaujany Fueled By Ultrasports	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Adelino Moll Mut (Spa)	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Saul Lopez (Spa)	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Roberto Bou Martin (Spa)	Row 68 - Cell 2
70	Adria Noguera Soldevila (Spa)	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Fco. Javier Poza Ruiz (Spa)	Row 70 - Cell 2
72	Cristofer Bosque Ruano (Spa)	Row 71 - Cell 2
73	Sakari Lehtinen (Fin)	Row 72 - Cell 2
74	Oriol Domenech (Spa)	Row 73 - Cell 2
75	Guy Diaz Grollier (And)	- 3 laps
76	Cristian Garcia (Spa)	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Emelien Joseph De Poortere (Fra)	Row 76 - Cell 2
78	Grant Ferguson (GBr) CST Superior Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Jon Erguin (Spa)	Row 78 - Cell 2
80	Victor Selles (Spa)	Row 79 - Cell 2
81	Albert Masana (Spa)	Row 80 - Cell 2
82	Oscar Ferrer (Spa)	- 4 laps
DNF	Tom Bell (GBr)	Row 82 - Cell 2
DNF	Martin Loo (Est)	Row 83 - Cell 2
DNF	Marc Stutzmann (Swi)	Row 84 - Cell 2
DNS	David Joao Serralheiro Rosa (Por)	Row 85 - Cell 2
DNS	Rudi Van Houts (Ned) CST Superior Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team	Row 86 - Cell 2